Red-throated Pipit

Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus )

The Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus ) is a species of bird in the family of Wagtail. The species inhabits the northern taiga and tundra shrub in the Eurasia and Alaska and winters in tropical Africa and Asia. In Central Europe the kind of regular migrant in small numbers.

Features

The Red-throated Pipit has a body length of 14 to 15 cm, which is about as large as the native Meadow Pipit. The basic color of the top is dull brown. Top of the head and upper back are dark vertical stripes vigorously on this reason, the rump is dark dashed lines. Adult birds are distinctive by the rust-colored throat in all the dresses, with some birds this Rotzeichnung is extended to the breast and sides of the head. The red color of the throat is also retained in simplicity dress. The rest of the underside is pale yellowish white, breast and flanks are marked with black dashed lines. In young birds during the first winter and the throat is white. By means of a most strong white eye-streak over a narrow white eye ring, bright screen feather edges and whitish stripes back but the juveniles are distinguishable from other pipits.

Vocalizations

The song is mainly carried forward from a Singflug, rare and less from the floor or waiting. It consists of an initial sound sequence that recalls the song of the tree pipit, followed by warbling or rattling sounds, and at the end is often a rasping sound. The song can be about how to play " tsiwi - tsiwi - tsiwi - tsiwi - wiss - wiss - wiss - wiss - wiss - Twiss - tsirr ". Passage migrants often call initially sharp and then stretched backwards " psieh " or " tssiiee ". The Flugruf is a quiet " tschüp ".

Distribution and habitat

The distribution area of Rotkehlpiepers comprises the northern taiga and tundra shrub which in Eurasia from Scandinavia to Chukotka and beyond even the west coast of Alaska. He settled mostly open marshy lowlands with hardwood thickets, in the taiga also open Moore. On the passage of the kind observed in tree -free and usually damp ground, eg on loose surfaces clad mud or on wet surfaces short grass, but also on arid wastelands, or stubble land reclamation, especially if there at least some pools are available.

Reproduction

The nest is created in the vegetation on the ground. Eggs are laid before the end of May to early June. The nest consists of 4-7, usually 5-6 eggs. The incubation period lasts 10 to 13 days. Incubation is carried out exclusively by the female, which is fed by the male during this time. The young birds fledge after 9 to 14 days.

Hiking

The deduction from the breeding areas is carried out in August to mid-September. The birds in the eastern part of its range winter in the tropics of Southeast Asia, the Western Palaearctic birds in Egypt and especially south of the Sahara in the Sahel and the savanna. The species is regularly observed as a migrant in small numbers in most regions of Central and Eastern Europe. The passage on the departure takes place here from August to early November, most evidence is there the end of September to mid-October. The return migration through Central Europe took place in April and May, the breeding areas are middle reaches later than mid-June to the end of May.

Inventory and risk

Secured Information on world stock does not exist, the IUCN is a rough estimate, between 0.5 5.0 million individuals. The species is not endangered according to IUCN.